Ssd Page - FLIR X-Series User Manual

5.4.4 SSD Page

The SSD (Solid State Drive) page allow the user to control the functions related to the on-board
recording functions. The X-Series cameras incorporate FLIR's Digital Video Image Recorder (DV-IR)
system. The DV-IR system is a high-performance recording system that allow the user to record the
image stream at any frame rate supported by the camera with zero dropped frames.
The DV-IR system is comprised of two main components, the RAM buffer and the SSD drive storage.
The RAM buffer consists of 16GB of DDR-3 RAM. The RAM buffer is not removable but is volatile.
All data in the buffer is erased when the camera is powered off. Because the buffer is volatile it is
important that the camera power not be interrupted until the buffer data has been stored to another
non-volatile storage medium. The primary non-volatile storage mechanism is the integrated SSD
drive. The data in the buffer can also be played back over the camera's other digital interfaces (GigE,
Camera Link, CoaXpress, SDI) so that it can be captured by external software or an external recorder.
The camera uses standard form factor flash drives used in PCs and laptops which can be obtained
from a variety of retail outlets. FLIR recommends the use of premium quality SSD drives as these will
typically have much faster read/write times.
X-series User's Manual
SSD Functions
Arm Buffer. Press this button to prepare the system for a new
recording. Once "armed", the buffer will be configured according
to the settings for Num Frames and Pretrigger frames. The
system will start recording if the Record button on this page is
pressed or if an external signal is applied to the RECORD input on
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